Stalk-cutter.



LW. GREEN.

STALK GUTTER.

` APPLICATION FILED AUG. Z, 1912. 1,059,857. Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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STALK CUTTER.

APPLICATION Hum AUG.2,1912.

1,059,357. Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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JOHN Wl GREEN, OFBROKIJET, GEORGIA.`

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i Specification of Lettersl Patent.`

`Application filed August2, 1912. Serial No. 712,951.

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known thatI, JHNVW. GREEN,` a citizen of the United States, residing; at Brooklet, in the countyof iBulloch, State of Georgia, have invented `certain new and useful Improvements in; Stalk-Cutters; `and I i do hereby declare the ifollowingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains-to make and use the same.

This invention relates `to improvements in cotton stalk cutters.`

The invention has for its object to `provide a device of this character so constructed that when itis rolled across the field,` the cotton stalks will be thoroughly crushed and cut.

A" further object of the i invention `is to provide anewandlnovel means for sccuring the cutting knivesand bracingthe same.

Withthese and other objects in view,` this invention `resides in `theinovel features of construction, .formations,1 combinations and arrangementsof partsto be hereinaftermore fully described2 claimed andi illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in t whichz-f Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.

i Fig. 2 is a rear` elevation;` Fig.` 3 is a `top plan view. Fig.` 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of F1g.`3.` Fig.` 5 l1s a sect1on1v1ew on spective view of one of thecutting blades.

Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of` one of the heads.` FigfS :is `a :fragmentary `detail perspective View of one end .of` the axle.

Referring to the drawing,` the numeral` l i designates a frame, which consists of side Copies of. thiszpatent may `be obtained :for` five `cents each, by addressing `the Commissioner of Patents,`

are reinforced `by radially disposed ribs Patenteanpr. 22, 1913:;

10.` The keys 8` engage the slots 9 and slots` 9 formed adjacent the ends of said` axle.l

The peripheries of the heads 9 `are provided with a `plurality of slots 11 which extend through the ribs 10 and are adapted to receive the `ends of the cutting blades l2, and are held in saidslots by bands 13 which encircle i the; heads. The opposing faces 1 of the heads 9 are provided with annular shoulders `14 which are engaged by the` ends of the metallicdrum `15, thus supportinglthe drum inzsuch a manner that the inner edges of the blades 12 will rest uponthe drum and effectually brace the same throughout their length.`

To oneiof the end bars 3 issecured a` tongue` 16,` land to which the draft animals are attached ,for drawing the device across` the field,` .and` during which operation the heads 9 and their connected parts willro-` tate so that the blades will successivelyjengage the cotton stalks, thus crushing 1the same.

What is :claimed is In a `device of the class described com` prisinga `frame, brackets depending :from the frame, bearings carried by the brackets, an axle having its opposite ends journaled in the bearings, circular heads `fixed tothe axle, said heads having aplurality of slots formed in their peripheres, cutting blades having their opposite ends secured in said slots, bands encirclingthe periphery of the heads tohold the ends of the blades inzsaid slots, annular shoulders formed upon zthe opposingfaces of said heads, and a drum having i its 1 opposite ends engaging` said shoulders,thereby supporting the drumiso that the inner edges of `the cutting blades rest thereagainst.

In testimony whereof,I ailix my signature,` inpresence of two witnesses. y JOHN WL GREEN."

Witnesses:

E. JJWATKINS, F. W. HUGHES.

Washington, D; C. l 

